X: 1
T: Stirlins ida lum
C: Tom Anderson 1979
B: Tom Anderson "Ringing Strings" 1983
N: Learned in 1983 from Pam Swing
N: Tom Anderson's notes:
N: Composed in 1979 while sitting inside the ruins of Tom's maternal great grandfather's croft
N: house and listening to the Starlings feeding their young somewhere up the old lum (chimney).
M: C|
L: 1/8
F:http://www.john-chambers.us/~jc/music/abc/by/Tom_Anderson/StirlinsIdaLum.abc
K: D
A \
|: "D"d2AG "(Bm)"F2AF | "Em"G2G2 "A7"e3g | fdec "D"d2AF |1 "A7"Addc "D"d2 fe :|2 "A7"Addc "D"d3e ||
[| "D"faaf "G"gfed | "D"faaf "A7"g2fe | "D"faaf "G"gfed | "A7"Addc "D"d3e |
| "D"faaf "G"gfed | "D"faaf "Em"g2fe |"A7"fdec "D"d2AF | "A7"Addc "D"d3 |]
STIRLINS IDA LUM. Shetland, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Composed in 1979 while sitting inside the ruins of Tom (Anderson's) maternal great grandfather's house and listening to the Starlings feeding their young somewhere up the old lum (chimney)" [Anderson]. wikipedia:Tom_Anderson_(fiddler) (1910–1991) was a Scottish fiddler, teacher, composer and collector of traditional tunes, and an important figure in Shetland musical tradition.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Anderson (Ringing Strings), 1983; p. 30.
